Note: Intermediate level text Adapted by Margaret Tarner "This is an Intermediate Level story in a series of ELT readers comprising a wide range of titles - some original and some simplified - from modern and classic novels, and designed to appeal to all age-groups, tastes and cultures. The books are divided into five levels: Starter Level, with about 300 basic words; Beginner Level (600 basic words); Elementary Level (1100); Intermediate Level (1600); and Upper Level (2200)." --Amazon UK as of 2019-05-10, quoting the entire blurb, identical to the "Synopsis" (presumably from the publisher Macmillan Education)